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Re: Down with DHCP!!!!
From: rob.lucchetti () gmail com
Date: 20 Feb 2006 19:50:35 -0000
Well as much as that does make sense, i don'e see the security in creasing as uch as the administrative overhead increasing from having to deploy more hardware, and besides, all one would have to is figure out you ip scheme in order to create a valid address, or copy someone else's address for use on their own machine. One way to stop unauthorized use on a network would be switch port secutirty. This involves the use of registering the machines mac address with a given port on a switch, commonly available in Cisco switches. This ensures that on that port, that NIC and only that NIC are allowed to communicate. The rest of ports can be shut down, and it's easily manageable. You can still keep your dhcp. Dhcp can be very usefull in carrying information to and end users pc about the network and it's servers, it would be a shame to take it away. Hope this helped. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EARN A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION ASSURANCE - ONLINE The Norwich University program offers unparalleled Infosec management education and the case study affords you unmatched consulting experience. Tailor your education to your own professional goals with degree customizations including Emergency Management, Business Continuity Planning, Computer Emergency Response Teams, and Digital Investigations. http://www.msia.norwich.edu/secfocus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Michael J. Benedetto (Feb 21)
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- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! securityfocus (Feb 21)
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- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! rob . lucchetti (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! someone (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! a_wirtz (Feb 21)
- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Steven Johnston (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! jalvare7 (Feb 21)
- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Jasun Tate (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! gigabit (Feb 22)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! tandernam (Feb 22)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! Brian Loe (Feb 22)
- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Michael J. Benedetto (Feb 23)
- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Steven Jones (Feb 22)
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